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Lavonia Nekita Johnson-Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation served as a case study that examined the impact of a districtwide system of support drawn from existing literature and organizational structure and management. The identified framework, the Limelight County College and Career Readiness Intervention (LCRI) Framework, utilized the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle of improvement…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Curriculum Design
Hodge, Connie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Environmental Education (EE) refers to a broad array of approaches in which an instructor uses the environment as a means to integrate various subjects and real world learning. Research supported the idea that EE instruction had a positive correlation to academic achievement. Under the Kentucky Education Cabinet of the Department of Education, the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Objectives
Ward, Steven Jerome – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the course design decisions and pedagogical practices of American literature teachers at three rural community colleges of varying size in North Alabama. Fink's (2003) Integrated Course Design (ICD) model provided a framework for this study, and the researcher attempted to determine if and to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Curriculum Design, Literature, Rural Schools
Royal, William A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigated the effect of the implementation of a School Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) Program on teacher morale. This quantitative study used the Perdue Teacher Opinionaire (PTO) to survey the faculties for two rural, Title I middle schools in Tennessee. Middle School 1 implemented the SWPBS program. Middle School 2 was the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Methods, Middle Schools
Valverde-Wheaton, Alicia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study will be presented to university education programs, Professional Development Schools, cooperating teachers, preservice teachers, and administrators who are part of the practicum experience. This study concentrated on looking at the perceptions of cooperating teachers about the practicum in preparing preservice teachers to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Practicums, Elementary School Teachers
Lewis, Alisha Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study positioned the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2002 as a reified colonizing entity, inscribing its hegemonic authority upon the professional identity and work of school principals within their school communities of practice. Pressure on educators and students intensifies each year as the benchmark for Adequate Yearly Progress…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Federal Legislation, Focus Groups, Educational Improvement